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Chapter 1431 Datong 2

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    "There are no more troops left in Taiyuan. In the south of Shanxi, a group of enemy troops of unknown origin have come. They are wreaking havoc in the south of Shanxi and have already captured several cities. The Taiyuan side is already exhausted just to deal with them.  Okay." Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and said.

    Hearing these words, Suematsu Shigeshi said solemnly: "If there are no differences within the enemy, then our defensive strength in Datong will probably only be able to sustain it for more than a week."

    The time he mentioned is just a conservative estimate.

    Based on his experience in many battles with Xia Yang, Xia Yang's troops would rest for three or four days at most before launching an attack on Datong.

    As long as they launch an attack on Datong, even if they don't use any tricks.  Just relying on hard power to storm their defensive positions from the front would only take a week.

    When Shinozuka Yoshio heard these words from Suematsu Shigeshi, his face became even more ugly.

    ¡°If this is the case, then our situation will become very difficult.¡± Shinozuka Yoshio said.

    His First Army, which had been fighting for several months, originally had more than 200,000 troops, but now only tens of thousands were left.

    For Yoshio Shinozuka, this was definitely a great shame and humiliation.

    "I still remember that during the Battle of Wutai Mountain, Xia Yang once gave me a sword, which meant that I should commit seppuku.

    In response, I gave him a map of China as a gift.  It's just that on that map, China already has a large area of ??territory occupied by our army.  "Yoshio Shinozuka said.

    "If Datong is lost this time, I think this guy might give me a sword and let me commit seppuku."

    With that said, Yoshio Shinozuka showed a somewhat bitter smile.

    Suematsu Shigeshi said: "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, I will never allow such a thing to happen.

    As long as the troops in the North China Plain support us.  That will definitely give the enemy the heaviest blow.  "

    But Yoshio Shinozuka said with a wry smile: "What a pity. North China is now busy dealing with the Eighth Route Army running around. There is no way to dispatch troops to reinforce Datong."

    The scope of the Hundred Regiment War is definitely not limited to northwestern Shanxi.  The entire North China region, and even the guerrilla zones in Shandong, are within the scope of their battle this time.

    Therefore, it is really unknown whether North China will send troops to reinforce them.

    While Shinozuka Yoshio, Suematsu Shigeshi and others were struggling, Xia Yang's troops in Hunyuan County had basically completed their rest and reorganization.

    They replenished some troops, and after stationing in Hunyuan County, they recruited a large number of soldiers as a militia group.

    The training standards of these militia groups are the same as those of regular troops.

    In order to train these troops, Xia Yang specially established several special training grounds specifically for training these soldiers.

    ¡°As long as these militia troops have been trained for more than a month, they can be used as reserve troops to supplement the consumption of regular troops on the battlefield.

    After resting in Xia Yang and the Eighth Route Army troops, they began to march towards Datong.

    In fact, on the day he occupied Hunyuan County, Xia Yang had already ordered the special reconnaissance battalion to begin approaching Datong to conduct reconnaissance along the route.

    But what he didn¡¯t expect was that the Japanese 114th Division retreated very decisively.

    There is no defense of any kind set up between the highway between Hunyuan County and Datong City.  Only some troops were left in the outer areas of Datong.

    In fact, Suematsu Shigeshi thought very clearly that even if they set up defenses on both sides of the road, they were defeated one by one.

    Xia Yang's offensive was so fierce that they left some defenses on the roads along the way, which was no different from a mantis blocking a car.

    So their troops all retreated to the vicinity of Datong City.

    And the Japanese army began to build defensive positions on some highlands around Datong.

    Unlike Hunyuan County, the Japanese defenses outside Datong did not have many reinforced concrete fortifications, but more civil engineering works.

    Although Yoshio Shinozuka also built a lot of fortifications around Datong.  But these fortifications were almost vulnerable to Xia Yang's heavy artillery bombardment.  And they are all concentrated around the Datong City Wall.

    In the more peripheral areasIn the ? area, their defense setup is very limited.

    Originally, their defenses could be gradually expanded to peripheral areas.

    But what Shinozuka Yoshio did not expect was that Hunyuan and Fengzhen, the two gateways to the north and south of Datong, would be lost so quickly.

    This forced him to put crude trenches into use without even starting construction of his external fortifications.

    Because of the large amount of intelligence provided by the special reconnaissance battalion, Xia Yang knew that the Japanese army had basically given up defense on the roads along the way.  Instead, they retreated to Datong and its peripheral areas.

    This allowed Xia Yang's troops to move towards Datong without encountering almost any obstacles.

    In fact, the Japanese army could not cause much hindrance to them in this area.

    Those large-caliber heavy artillery alone are enough to destroy their various strongholds and bunkers along the highway.

    Those bunkers and strongholds originally used to blockade the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla areas and base areas had all been blown up by the Japanese army.

    Xia Yang's troops followed the highway and directly arrived at an area less than 20 kilometers away from Datong.

    Just as Xia Yang's troops were marching towards Datong, the Kagel Combat Division led by Liu Fudong, which set out from Fengzhen City in the north, had also begun an attack.

    Their attack was not like the troops led by Xia Yang, who could reach the outskirts of Datong smoothly.

    Honda political material of the Eighth Division was obviously unwilling to accept the defeat in Fengzhen City. He set up a large number of mines and blocking positions on both sides of the highway.

    They even began to destroy the road, almost trying their best to block the advancement of the Kagel Combat Division.

    But what Honda¡¯s political materials didn¡¯t know was that in the face of landmines, the Kagel Combat Division had a mine-clearing vehicle specially modified from a tank.

    ? These demining vehicles are equipped with rotating rollers in the front.  On top of the drum, there are a large number of chains, which swing when the drum rotates.

    This iron roller is like a broom, specially used to clean landmines buried in the land.

    Using this kind of tank specially designed for demining, the infantry of the Kagel Combat Division basically did not encounter any damage from landmines.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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